Who Owns What

Media companies continue to grow, and a shrinking number of them shape what we view and read. What does that mean for journalists -- and for the nation?

The resource guide is maintained by Aaron Moore, Ph.D., a Publishing/Media writer and a professor of Sports Media at Ithaca College. Please send comments or corrections to him at aaronjamesmoore@hotmail.com, and/or to the editors at cjr@columbia.edu.

WHO OWNS WHAT
CJR's Web guide to what the major media companies own.

A selected list of articles in CJR about media ownership.

September/October 2003
Low Power, High Intensity Laurie Kelliher
What's Spanish for 'Big Media' Alison Gregor

July/August 2003
Everything That Rises Janet Kolodzy
FCC: Ready, Set, Consolidate Neil Hickey

May/June 2003
False Alarm at the FCC? Jonathan A. Knee

March/April 2003
The Surgeon's Scalpel Scott Sherman
News in Mormon Country Michael Scherer
Power Shift Neil Hickey

January/February 2003
The Silence of the Lambs Editorial

November/December 2002
Time Inc.'s AOL Problem Neil Hickey
Rupert Murdoch Diana B. Henriques

September/October 2002
Clout Neil Hickey
Growing the Company Michael Scherer

July/August 2002
Journalists on the Boards Geneva Overholser
2020 Hindsight Mark Crispin Miller

May/June 2002
Media Monopoly Q&A Neil Hickey
How Network News Outsmarted Itself Jeff Gralnick
Murrow Said It All In 1958 Lawrence K. Grossman

March/April 2002
Currents: A Chill in Canada Aaron Moore

January/February 2002
When Boom Went Bust at The Industry Standard Todd Woody
Wanted: A New Breed of Media CEOs with Old Fashioned Values Lawrence K. Grossman
Static from Clear Channel Chris Nolter
Can Bloomberg Cover Bloomberg? Jane Gottlieb

September/October 2001
A Hard Look at Public Ownership and Ideas for Damage Control Geneva Overholser

July/August 2001
AOL Time Warner Spells Big Frank Houston
CNN After the Merger Neil Hickey
Unshackling Big Media Neil Hickey
Our Nose for News Fails Us When the Smell is Close to Home Geneva Overholser

May/June 2001
Profit Pressures: A Question of Margins David Laventhol
In Their Own Words: The Harris Resignation Various
Whiplash: What High Margins mean in the Trenches Ariel Hart

March/April 2001
Manhattan Mindset Brent Cunningham
Why New York Could Rule New Media Donna Ladd
Voices: There's No Business Like Your Own Newspaper's Business Geneva Overholser

September/October 2000
Media Money:
How corporate spending blocked political-ad reform, and other stories of influence Charles Lewis

May/June 2000
The Life and Death of Times Mirror David Laventhol
Tribune Beams Toward a Multimedia Future Neil Hickey

March/April 2000
Coping with Mega Mergers Neil Hickey
Food for Public Distrust Andrew Kohut

January/February 2000
With Strategic Alliances the Map Gets Messy Mike Hoyt

November/December 1999
A Letter from San Francisco:What the Shadow Knew Peter H. Kohut
Can Viacom's Reporters Cover Viacom's Interest? Mark Crispin Miller
Planet Viacom
In the Age of Public Ownership, the Importance of Being Local Geneva Overholser

March/April 1999
Sunday, Bloody Sunday: A New Turn in the Tab Wars Jon Fine

January/February 1999
Canada: Magazine Trade Wars Nicholas Stein

November/December 1998
Buffet in Buffalo John Henry

September/October 1998
Ten Mistakes That Led to the CNN/Time Fiasco Neil Hickey
Does Big Mean Bad? Tom Goldstein

May/June 1998
Murdoch's Mean Machine Russ Baker

We will continue to add more companies to the guide, and to keep it updated as the corporations change their operations.